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What we do
- Provide important information to internal and external audiences through all available media, including electronic
- Develop and distribute news releases
- Help the news media cover important stories
- Support campus and community event management and other promotional efforts
- Administer, edit, and design the university Website
- Produce marketing materials
- Photograph events and people
- Write, edit and produce the The Statement alumni newsletter
- E-mail a bi-weekly online newsletter to students, staff, faculty, parents, and friends during the academic year
- Plan long-term strategies for university-wide marketing communications
- Develop, produce and place all image and non-event-specific advertising
- Respond to Freedom of Information Law requests for documents
For sources and experts
- News reporters and editors are encouraged to contact us for help in connecting with valuable sources and experts on diverse topics. After office hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.), please contact Michael Barone, Director of Public Relations, at 716-785-7702. Faculty and staff: Complete the Experts Survey form here.
A reliable voice
- The director of Public Relations, Michael Barone, is the University Spokesperson and as such is the recommended first contact for any inquiries addressed to the university administration. During emergencies, the Public Relations Office is the university's only authorized source for accurate information.
Freedom of Information
- All requests for SUNY Fredonia documents under the Freedom of Information Law should be made in writing and delivered in person, through campus mail, or via U.S. Postal Service to Michael Barone, SUNY Fredonia Director of Public Information, Foundation House, 272 Central Ave., Fredonia, NY, 14063.
- As Chief Records Access Officer, the Director of Public Relations ensures that the public's access to information is protected according to the law and the policies of the State University of New York.
- SUNY Fredonia may charge a fee of 25 cents per copy for documents requested.